Air Masses and Fronts Test Review
1. When a warm air mass moves over a cool air mass, a _________________ is formed.
a. Warm front
c. High pressure system
b. Cold front
d. Low pressure system
2. What type of air mass will cause a cold front?
a. Maritime
b. Continental
c. Tropical
d. Polar
3. An air mass that is cool and dry.
a. Maritime tropical
b. Maritime polar
c. Continental tropical
d. Continental polar
4. An air mass that is warm and moist.
a. Maritime tropical
b. Maritime polar
c. Continental tropical
d. Continental polar
5. On a map, this type of front is represented by red semicircles.
a. Warm Front
c. Stationary Front
b. Cold Front
d. Occluded Front
6. An air mass that forms over water in the north.
a. Maritime tropical
b. Maritime polar
c. Continental tropical
d. Continental polar
7. Which type of air mass most effects weather in Florida?
a. Maritime tropical
b. Maritime polar
c. Continental tropical
d. Continental polar
8. Cold fronts often bring
a. Warm temperatures, light precipitation
b. Cool temperatures, light precipitation
c. Warm temperatures, heavy precipitation (possible thunderstorms)
d. Cool temperatures, heavy precipitation (possible thunderstorms)
9. An air mass that forms over water in the south.
a. Maritime tropical
b. Maritime polar
c. Continental tropical
d. Continental polar
10. The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a/an _______________.
a. Flood
c. Climate
b. Front
d. Storm
11. When a cold air mass moves underneath a warm air mass, a ________________ is formed.
a. Warm front
c. High pressure system
b. Cold front
d. Low pressure system
12. Pressure systems are caused by
a. The Coriolis effect.
b. The Earth’s rotation.
c. Winds.
d. Rising and sinking air.
13. Low pressure systems
a. Rotate clockwise.
b. Rotate counterclockwise.
c. Do not rotate.
d. Do not exist.
14. Winds in the northern hemisphere
a. Move in a straight path.
b. Are deflected to the left in the northern hemisphere.
c. Are deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere.
d. Are deflected to the right in the southern hemisphere.
For the following questions, write H for high pressure and L for low pressure.
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_____This pressure system is caused by warm, rising air. (LOW)
_____This pressure system has dense air. (HIGH)
_____This pressure system is associated with clear skies. (HIGH)
_____This pressure system rotates clockwise. (LOW)
19. Draw or describe the symbol that is used on a weather map for each of the terms below.
High pressure system
Cold front
Low pressure system
Warm front
H
L
20. Explain how pressure systems are different from fronts.
Pressure systems are large areas of rising and sinking air that rotate.
A front is the boundary between two air masses.